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Got out to the range this morning with my Pietta Colt Navy. All shots from 25 yards standing. I used homemade rolled cartridges - most had 15 grains of Goex 3F with a little cream of wheat. Used .376 round balls. A pic of my target is attached. Since I had not shot this gun in a while, I...

Have not posted in a long time. Got out to the range this morning to shoot my Pietta Smith Carbine. Shot 25 shots seated at 50 yards and 25 shots seated at 100 yards. Every shot except for one was on paper. I used 29 grains of Goex 2f in a plastic cartridge with a .515 lubed smith bullet...

Finally got out to the range with my brand new Pietta Colt Army -- nickel plated with faux ivory grips. I put 48 bullets through it -- all pre-made paper cartridges using 3F Goex, a little cream of wheat and .454 Hornady round ball. The gun shot a tad high-- but only an inch or two. My...

I was able to get back out to the range with my Pietta Smith Carbine. Fired off about 55 rounds -- half at 50 yards, half at 100 yards. I was using plastic tubes with 30 grains of Goex 2F and a .515 Smith conical greased with SPG lube. The target below was shot at 100 yards. All shots were...

Hello friends. I have been shooting for the last past eight years, but exclusively blackpowder. I recently bought a Marlin 795 for my 12-year old son to shoot. As you all know, it's darn hard to find .22 LR ammo these days. Can anyone tell me if ".22 LR Eley Tenex EPS Lead Flat Nose...

Got out to the range again - this time with my Pietta Smith Carbine. It's been almost a year since I shot this gun. As usual, she shot just fine. The first target was shot standing up, freehand at 25 yards. The second target was shot seated at 50 yards. I used plastic shells filled with...

Got out to the range again today (twice this week - after not being able to go for 8 months!). Shot my Armi-Sport, 2-band Enfield. All shots seated from 50 yards. Used about 50 grains of Goex 2F with greased Minie ball. A little rusty, but got her zeroed in for last 5 or 6 shots. Beautiful...

Due to a broken foot and work, I have not been able to get to the range since last August. Finally was able to get out for an hour today and make some smoke with my Pietta New Army Remington. I was using homemade cartridges filled with 19 grains of Goex 3F topped by a .454 round ball. I was...

Got out to the range with my 10 year old son. He was shooting my Pietta Colt Navy. All shots seated from 25 yards using 14 grains of Goex 3F and .376 round ball -- inside my homemade cartridges. Kid did very well...

Got out to the range this morning for a little bit. Shot my Pietta Smith Carbine. This target was shot at 50 yards, seated using 28 grains of Goex 2FG, 515 bullet lubed with SPG in a plastic case. I had a few fliers (me, not the gun). I have shot better with this gun. Had not shot it in...

I was able to get to the range for a little bit today to shoot my Armi Sport 2-band Enfield. To start off I used a 1/2" catalog as a target at 50 yards (see 1st picture). It did a lot of damage on the back end (see 2nd pic). Then I fired off some shots at 100 yards. I had a couple of...

I was able to get to the range this afternoon for a little bit and made a lot of smoke with my Uberti Colt Walker. All shots were from 25 yards, standing (see target below). I used 50 grains of Goex 3F with a special lubed conical made by Kaido Ojaama. Any variations were due to my changing...

I finally was able to get out to the range today for a little bit and shot my Pietta Smith carbine. I was able to do pretty well using 28 grains of Goex 2F with .515 bullet inside a plastic case from Dixie Gun Works. Bullets were lubed with SPG. The 1st target was shot at 50 yards, seated...

Got to go the range this morning w/my Pietta Smith Carbine. I shot from 50 yards and 75 yards and did okay (see targets below). All shots were seated using 28 grains of Goex 2FG and plastic cases from DGW. I love shooting this carbine! The first photo is my 50 yard target, the second...

Took my son back to the range this afternoon. Today he was shooting my Pietta 1851 Colt Navy. He did really well (see shot below. All shots were from 25 yards, sitting down. For him I used 15 grains of Goex FFFG, wonder wad and a .376 round ball. I think he's hooked!! ;)

Today I took my 9 year old son and his friend shooting today. They shot my Colt Navy Sheriff revolver. It was my son's second time shooting and his friend's first time. They did really well (see target below - my son is on the right). All shots were from 25 yards, seated. For them I...

I sent my Smith Carbine back to Dixie Gun Works to have them fix the trigger pull and lock. It came back in fine working order (thanks Dixie!). Took her back out to the range and fired a total of 40 shots -- some at 50 yards, some at 100 yards. All shots were seated, using 30 grains of Goex...

Got out to the range early this morning with my Armi Sport 2-band Enfield rifle. Fired a number of shots -- all at 75 yards, seated. This is one of my targets (see below) -- again at 75 yards. I used 55 to 60 grains of Goex FFG with a greased minie ball. Great way to start the day!

I was able to get out to the range this morning again for the 2nd time with my Smith Carbine. I shot 20 times from 50 yards and 20 times from 100 yards. Most of the shots were seated. The heavy trigger pull is making it hard to shoot consistent groups but I did much better at 50 yards...

I finally got to the range this morning to shoot my Pietta Smith Carbine for the first time. I fired 21 shots -- eight at 25 yards and 13 at 50 yards. All but two were seated. I used the plastic cases from Dixie, filled with 28 grains of Goex FFG and a little cream of wheat, topped with a...